All cultures through all time have constantly been engaged in a dance with new possibilities for life. Change is the one constant in human history.

All cultures through all time have constantly been engaged in a dance with new possibilities for life. Change is the one constant in human history.

What is science but the pursuit of the truth? What is Buddhism but 2500 years of observation as to the nature of mind?

The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of the human spirit.

In the West we cling to the past like limpets. In Haiti the present is the axis of all life. As in Africa, past and future are but distant measures of the present, and memories are as meaningless as promises.

Change is no threat to culture.

Its haunting to realize that half of the languages of the world are teetering on the brink of extinction.